The Cocoa Pod

The Cocoa Pod is an entire blog devoted to chocolate. The subjects that will be covered are the history of chocolate, prominent chocolatiers, business news, how to store chocolate, how to eat chocolate, hot books and cookbooks, the newest chocolate bars and more!

About Me

Annmarie
Kostyk has had a love affair with food since she was a toddler. She
is a huge foodie and her passion is chocolate. Through her college
years, studying art history at Lake Forest College and history at
Indiana University, Annmarie worked at a chocolate shop and the love
of chocolate and baking anything chocolate carried through to her
personal life with family and friends.

Her
professional life included working as an Assistant Pastry Chef at Le
Meridien Hotel (now the Conrad Chicago) in Chicago and catering for
family and friends. In 2006, Annmarie Kostyk graduated with honors
earning a Professional Chocolatier Certificate granted by the
Professional School of Chocolate Arts Ecole Chocolate in Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada. She has been working with and writing
about chocolate ever since.

Annmarie
has been collecting and consuming chocolate bars from all over the
world and currently has a collection of over 250 chocolate bars which
she has experienced. Currently, she is a contributor to a variety of
websites on health, home and food. Her blog is
www.AnnmarieKostyk.com and you may also follow her on Twitter and her
Facebook Fan Page (Annmarie Kostyk) for day to day information on
chocolate and food. She lives in Chicago.